By Van de Putte S.B. No. 667
77R4643 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the placement of a person on community supervision in a
1-3 proceeding to enforce an order in a suit affecting the parent-child
1-4 relationship.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 157.211, Family Code, is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 Sec. 157.211. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. If the
1-9 court places the respondent on community supervision and suspends
1-10 commitment, the terms and conditions of community supervision may
1-11 include the requirement that the respondent:
1-12 (1) report to the community supervision [and
1-13 corrections department] officer as directed;
1-14 (2) permit the community supervision [and corrections
1-15 department] officer to visit the respondent at the respondent's
1-16 home or elsewhere;
1-17 (3) obtain counseling on financial planning, budget
1-18 management, conflict resolution, parenting skills, alcohol or drug
1-19 abuse, or other matters causing the respondent to fail to obey the
1-20 order;
1-21 (4) pay required child support and any child support
1-22 arrearages; [and]
1-23 (5) pay court costs and attorney's fees ordered by the
1-24 court;
2-1 (6) seek employment assistance services offered by the
2-2 Texas Workforce Commission under Section 302.0035, Labor Code, if
2-3 appropriate; and
2-4 (7) participate in mediation or other services to
2-5 alleviate conditions that prevent the respondent from obeying the
2-6 court's order.
2-7 SECTION 2. Section 157.213(c), Family Code, is amended to
2-8 read as follows:
2-9 (c) The court shall deposit the fees received under this
2-10 subchapter as follows:
2-11 (1) if the community supervision officer is employed
2-12 by a community supervision and corrections department, in the
2-13 special fund of the county treasury provided by the Code of
2-14 Criminal Procedure to be used for community supervision; or
2-15 (2) if the community supervision officer is employed
2-16 by a domestic relations office, in one of the following funds, as
2-17 determined by the office's administering entity:
2-18 (A) the general fund for the county in which the
2-19 domestic relations office is located; or
2-20 (B) the office fund established by the
2-21 administering entity for the domestic relations office.
2-22 SECTION 3. Section 157.214, Family Code, is amended to read
2-23 as follows:
2-24 Sec. 157.214. MOTION TO REVOKE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. A
2-25 prosecuting attorney, the Title IV-D agency, a domestic relations
2-26 office, or a party affected by the order may file a verified motion
2-27 alleging specifically that certain conduct of the respondent
3-1 constitutes a violation of the terms and conditions of community
3-2 supervision.
3-3 SECTION 4. Section 302.0035, Labor Code, is amended to read
3-4 as follows:
3-5 Sec. 302.0035. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN
3-6 PARENTS. The commission shall provide employment assistance
3-7 services, including skills training, job placement, and
3-8 employment-related services, to a person referred to the commission
3-9 by:
3-10 (1) the Title IV-D agency under Chapter 231, Family
3-11 Code; or
3-12 (2) a court under Section 157.211, Family Code.
3-13 SECTION 5. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-14 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 157.211,
3-15 Family Code, applies only to a court order placing a person on
3-16 community supervision rendered on or after the effective date of
3-17 this Act. An order rendered before the effective date of this Act
3-18 is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was
3-19 rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that
3-20 purpose.
3-21 (c) The change in law made by this Act to Section
3-22 157.213(c), Family Code, applies only to the deposit of a fee paid
3-23 to a court under Section 157.213, Family Code, on or after the
3-24 effective date of this Act. A fee paid before the effective date
3-25 of this Act shall be deposited as required by the law in effect on
3-26 the date the fee was paid, and the former law is continued in
3-27 effect for that purpose.